Healy Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045375
MRDS ID M233086
Record type Site
Current site name Healy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86762, 39.5088 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clan Alpine Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 037E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN FLORENCE CANYON, 1/2 MILE ABOVE MOUTH. 3 MILES NW OF ALPINE. SECTION QUESTIONABLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Surface Leaching.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86762, 39.5088

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60 NW
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE IS CLOSELY SHEETED AND CRUSHED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Alpine (Clan Alpine) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave Healy, W. E. Hoover, And E. R. Bermond Of Fallon
    First year 1947

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORTS ADITS

Comments on development

  • VEIN OPENED BY 2 SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL 83.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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